Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks

	1-Day Carved	8-Day Carved
	1-Day Carved with Music	8-Day Carved with Music
	1-Day Chalet	8-Day Chalet
	1-Day Chalet with Music	8-Day Chalet with Music
	Quartz Models	Hunting Models

Authentic German Black Forest cuckoo clocks are sold by us at All About Time. Cuckoo Clocks are made with 1-Day Cuckoo Clock movements, 8-Day Cuckoo Clock movements or Quartz Cuckoo Clock movements. The two most popular models are Bird and Leaf (Carved) cuckoo or the Chalet cuckoo clock. Cuckoo clocks are also available in a hunter’s model, quail cuckoo clocks, owl cuckoo clocks and steeple cuckoo clocks. All cuckoo clocks are hand carved (many with deep carved cases) and use a Regula clock movement. We carry cuckoo clocks from Hekas, Hoenes, Rombach and Haas, Hubert Herr and Schneider. We also have German Weather Houses. Contact us if you are interested in other cuckoo clocks or cuckoo clock products.

The History of the Cuckoo Clock

All over the world the cuckoo clock is regarded a symbol of the Black Forest. Since the 18th century the clockmakers of their region have specialized in the development of this type of clock. The cuckoo clock became known throughout the world thanks to the peddling "clock carriers" from the Black Forest who literally carried the clocks on their backs in rucksacks.

The first model of a cuckoo clock was a painted wooden clock. The clock was composed of an almost square board for the clock face and a raised semicircle, and was lavishly decorated. The cuckoo itself was to be found in the semicircle behind a small door. This type of clock was made from about 1730 onward, and was considered to be the specific clock style of the Black Forest. However, the exact origin of the cuckoo clock is not totally clear to this day.

In the middle of the 19th century there were two principal visual forms of the cuckoo clock. The "framed clock", as its name suggests, had a strong wooden frame and a wide painted inner section to which the clock face was attached. The cuckoo was situated in the upper section of the decorated surface and was occasionally included in the other decorative scenes.

The "railway house clock" came into being at the same time and essentially represents the style which is still used today. The basic form is very simple; a rectangle or square on which an isosceles triangle is placed. The house-shaped basic form with wooden decorative elements was developed to include scenes from everyday life. The earliest clock of this type had a wooden clock face with white numbers and hands and fir cone shaped weights. Today, vine leaves, animals and woodland plants as well as hunting scenes are features of this typical form of cuckoo clock. Dancing couples in traditional dress automatically move to music or the mill wheel rotates on the hour, while a farmer chops wood. The cuckoo itself moves its wings and beak and rocks back and forth when calling. Despite fluctuations in demand on the clock market, the production of the cuckoo clock in the Black Forest has remained uninterrupted to this day.